Wendell Pierce interview: 'I told Meghan Markle, your life is about to change'

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Formerly Bunk in ‘The Wire’, Wendell Pierce talks to Neil Armstrong about his new action series – and his former ‘Suits’ co-star

The Duchess of Sussex may have had to cope without her father, Thomas, for her May wedding to Prince Harry, but she has, at least, had one dad walk her down the aisle. In April, actor Wendell Pierce did his paternal duties in US drama Suits, when he accompanied Markle’s character, Rachel, in the climactic marriage scene, which marked her exit from the show. And though she was yet to be engaged at the time of filming, Pierce was astute enough to know that something was afoot.

“From the increased security I saw around her, I figured something might happen,” he says. “We...